Markets campaigns across the UK – sharing experiences and thinking future actions
25th January, 1-6pm
Central House, University College London
LG01 (basement)
14 Upper Woburn Place
London
WC1H 0NN
This meeting will bring together various campaigns across the UK that have been active in defending and promoting public markets against abandonment, closure and/or gentrification.
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Location: Granville Community Kitchen
The Granville Centre,
80 Granville Road
Kilburn
London
Date: Sunday 7th February 2016
Time: 12pm-5pm
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For more information/questions email cfgn@riseup.net
http://www.granvillecommunitykitchen.wordpress.com
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Location: May Project Gardens
158 Middleton Road, Morden, Surrey, SM4 6RW, (Directions + public transport info here)
Date: Sunday 15th November 2015
Time: 11.30am-5pm
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For more information/questions email cfgn@riseup.net
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This Wednesday the Mipim property fair returns to London, celebrating a housing system that puts an obsession with profit over people’s right to a decent home. By promoting this unsustainable approach to housing and land use, Mipim benefits the global rich whilst destroying our communities. Mipim brings global property development companies together with local authorities and other “partners wanting to close deals”, often selling public land and assets. Barnet council gave the West Hendon estate, worth an estimated £45m, to Barratt for just £5. This approach is being enabled by a government whose policies are exacerbating the housing crisis, as the Tories’ new housing bill shows. We condemn everything that Mipim stands for, and join communities and campaigners to say no to Mipim, yes to housing justice.
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